William Godsoe was the first surveyor of Kittery, Maine. His
earliest surviving map was drawn in 1689, and his last map dates to 1725.
He was called upon to draw maps that were used to show town grants, or
to be used in land disputes. Many of these maps includes the houses and
outbuildings that were on the property surveyed, and give us a rare view
of early Maine buildings, as the following details from maps indicate. For details from more Godsoe maps, click here.

John Shepard's homestead (left) and Paul
William's house (right). Detail from William Godsoe, "Draught of a parcell
of land lying in Spruce Creek, Kittery, April 4, 1689." Kittery Town
Records, Volume 1, page 198.

Major Hammond's Garrison (left) Richard Roger's house (right). Detail from William
Godsoe, "Richard Roger's land in the reach of Kittery, 1698," Kittery Town
Records Volume 1, page 131.